June 12, 2012: There was heavy rainfall the day prior to this sample being collected. There was a large amount of coliform found and an average count of 1100 for E.Coli (cfu/100mL).
No Pictures Taken for June 12, 2012 Samples
June 19, 2012: There was no rainfall the day prior to this sample being collected. There was a moderate amount of coliform found and an average count of 300 for E.Coli (cfu/100mL).
June 19, 2012
June 26, 2012: There was no rainfall the day prior to this sample being collected. There was a moderate-to-low amount of coliform found and an average count of 366.67 for E.Coli (cfu/100mL).
June 26, 2012
The much higher level of coliform and E.Coli found on the first sample suggests that bacterial counts significantly spike after a rainfall event. This is likely due to polluted runoff coming from the surrounding urban environment.
Watershed level bacterial data from all sites can be found here.
Long Island Creek Site 5A
Bacterial
Samples
No Pictures Taken for June 12, 2012 Samples
The much higher level of coliform and E.Coli found on the first sample suggests that bacterial counts significantly spike after a rainfall event. This is likely due to polluted runoff coming from the surrounding urban environment.
Watershed level bacterial data from all sites can be found here.
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